1. His immediate predecessor, Yukio Hatoyama, lasted just eight months.

2. The way of computing immediate predecessor (successor) of the new element is given, so the problem of constructing concept lattice is solved on condition that the attribute set is constant.

3. Obama's immediate predecessor, George W. Bush, a Republican,() set a record for taking more vacation days than any other U.S. president.

4. Hank Paulson, Blankfein's immediate predecessor, came from a banking background; but his predecessor, Jon Corzine, was a trader.

5. Pricing was an immediate predecessor of the financial officers preparing the budget.

6. Lee's immediate predecessor, Roh Moo-hyun, who promised to undertake billions of dollars worth of projects in the North with no strings attached .

7. His immediate predecessor, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., although steeped in China policy and, unlike Mr. Locke, able to converse in Mandarin, never generated such hoopla. Nor did those before him.

8. It is proved that immediate predecessor of all new nodes is only one of a node or successors in old concept lattice.

9. Of those of my immediate predecessor it might least become me here to speak.

10. In some ways, however, Alexander was better prepared for the throne than either of his immediate predecessors.

11. This, at least, suggested the possibility of other lands beyond those recognized by his immediate predecessor Hecataeus.

12. Politician, historian and writer of many biographies, he was our immediate predecessor, yielding the Green Study to me.

13. Absent from the list was Secretary of State Rice's immediate predecessor, Colin Powell, under whom Mr. Bolton served in the arms control post.

14. A number of signs suggest that the 2010 conference will meet with greater success than its immediate predecessor.

15. In this brief outline of the promise and performance of my immediate predecessor the line of duty for his successor is clearly delineated.